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For some reason, when I check the correct boxes and then hit next it runs the download but when I check to find the downloaded files they are nowhere to be found. The "C:Program Files/MicrosoftSDKs" folder hasn't even been created.

Took a shutdown trace and trying to identify the "culpret" that is keeping the system from turing the power off (ala Win 95... OS says it shutdown, but you still have to flip/hold the button for 5-7 seconds to shut the system off).

I brought up the viewer and very interesting plots, put nothing "sticks" out (like a process that started but did not complete)

That's a lot more than a post on the internet, but in your case look into details in the "generic events" table, the winlogon provider to be specific, to see what is happening. From there you may need to look into the details of the services graph and perhaps the disk activity graphs to see what is happening further if those don't help.

I was excited to see this thread but I don't see how i can use this to trace what is happening when going to sleep and waking up which is where I'm having a problem after upgrading to Win 7 on one of my laptops.

No BSOD so no dump files to analyze and all event logs look ok. Would like to be able to trace why windows is freezing a few seconds after coming back from sleep.

Most sleep problems are due to Display driver. Make sure you have enabled Automatically deliver drivers via Windows Update (Step 3) and run all of your IMportant and Optional Windows UPdates with reboots until there are no more offered. If no Display driver comes then check the PC's Support Downloads webpage for the latest driver to install.

I found the argument for standby/resume but the trace is useless since the system freezes after a few seconds after wake. It does not happen all the time either so it is an intermittent problem which is difficult to track without some other tool which will need to run off a USB flash drive independent of Win OS since the freezing prevents any logs to be written.

This is an older laptop I refreshed with an SSD, I'm not the only one with this problem, it is riddled all over the net with similar threads with no resolution. My new laptop does not have this issue so I can attribute this to compatibility issues with this older laptop. Oh well

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So I am stumped I have searched the net over and over. So I have come here for some advice.
Win 7
- x86 (32-bit) or x64 ?
-- x64
- the original installed OS on the system?
-- 32 bit vista
- an OEM or full retail version?